Billy Binion

2022 was a big year for both Carlos Pena and Amy Hadley. Separated by several states, SWAT teams left their properties in ruins while attempting to capture two suspects.

Economist Jennifer Doleac discusses why long sentences don't reduce crime, how first-time defendants benefit from leniency, and why clearance rates are key to crime reduction.

Nominees include stories on America's gerontocracy, the war on chocolate, how Texas beat California on housing, and more.

Are Jeff Bezos and other billionaires really really evil just because they're wealthy?

The president has fought to make sure alleged victims of government misconduct cannot get compensation. What changed?

Vicki Baker is more fortunate than several other similarly situated victims. But it took a very long time to get there.

A federal judge last week threw out a criminal indictment against him on the grounds that it was tainted by vindictiveness.

George Washington actively opposed the U.S. Mint putting his face on coinage, as it would've resembled the reverence reserved for monarchs.

The president's remedy for a "woke" Kennedy Center was to replace one alleged strain of ideological capture with another.

The government had imposed an indefinite pause on asylum petitions and on applications for green cards, work permits, and citizenship for legal immigrants from certain countries.